Garage Sale Bonanza

TOWN TALK

February 7, 1997

Weston

Garage-sale patrons will be in for a special treat on Sunday. Instead of traveling from house to house, they can shop at about 150 booths in a city-organized event.

The Worth the Wait Garage Sale will be conducted along Town Center Boulevard and Arvida Parkway from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale also will feature entertainment, autographed memorabilia and food vendors.

Diane Valentini, Weston's community coordinator, said residents of the city _ which by ordinance prohibits garage sales at homes _ have shown great enthusiasm for the event. ``A lot of community groups are getting involved,'' she said.

Proceeds will benefit the Weston Reading Center and Indian Trace, Country Isles, and Eagle Point elementary schools.

For more information, call 954-389-3037. If it rains on Sunday, the sale will be postponed until Feb. 16.

Pembroke Pines

Water park moves ahead

A family-oriented water theme park, with three pools, will be built at the planned Pembroke Falls Park, city officials have decided.

City commissioners recently appropriated an additional $80,000 to Carr Smith Associates, the Miami architectural firm designing the park, to plan for two pools in addition to the Olympic pool. One of the additional pools will be for small children and another will have slides.

The architectural firm's total fee will be $200,000 to design the 12-acre, $3 million park.

The park will be developed on city-owned property between Walter C. Young Middle School and Charles W. Flanagan High School. The city wants the park, near Northwest 129th Avenue, about a half-mile north of Pines Boulevard, to be used by the public and the two schools.

The park also will provide softball, in-line hockey and party facilities.

Commissioners also approved spending $90,000 for engineering and architectural design work at the planned Spring Valley Park, on Dykes Road between Sheridan Street and Pines Boulevard.

The projects are part of the city's $17 million program to develop 11 new parks.

Davie

Country Crafts Show

A variety of original and hand-made crafts will be displayed this weekend at Davie's eighth annual Country Craft Show.

The show, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, will be in the Davie Arena, 6591 Orange Drive.